diff -urN src.orig/deliver.c src/deliver.c
--- src.orig/deliver.c	2009-11-16 21:50:36.000000000 +0200
+++ src/deliver.c	2010-02-23 19:20:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -744,17 +744,15 @@
 if (addr->message != NULL)
   {
   addr->message = string_printing(addr->message);
-  if (Ustrstr(addr->message, "failed to expand") != NULL &&
-      (Ustrstr(addr->message, "ldap:") != NULL ||
+  if (((Ustrstr(addr->message, "failed to expand") != NULL) || (Ustrstr(addr->message, "expansion of ") != NULL)) &&
+      (Ustrstr(addr->message, "mysql") != NULL ||
+       Ustrstr(addr->message, "pgsql") != NULL ||
+       Ustrstr(addr->message, "sqlite") != NULL ||
+       Ustrstr(addr->message, "ldap:") != NULL ||
        Ustrstr(addr->message, "ldapdn:") != NULL ||
        Ustrstr(addr->message, "ldapm:") != NULL))
     {
-    uschar *p = Ustrstr(addr->message, "pass=");
-    if (p != NULL)
-      {
-      p += 5;
-      while (*p != 0 && !isspace(*p)) *p++ = 'x';
-      }
+      addr->message = string_sprintf("Temporary internal error");
     }
   }
 
diff -urN src.orig/route.c src/route.c
--- src.orig/route.c	2009-11-16 21:50:37.000000000 +0200
+++ src/route.c	2010-02-23 19:18:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -1952,6 +1952,22 @@
 /* Unset the address expansions, and return the final result. */
 
 ROUTE_EXIT:
+if (yield == DEFER) {
+  if (
+    ((Ustrstr(addr->message, "failed to expand") != NULL) || (Ustrstr(addr->message, "expansion of ") != NULL)) &&
+    (
+      Ustrstr(addr->message, "mysql") != NULL ||
+      Ustrstr(addr->message, "pgsql") != NULL ||
+      Ustrstr(addr->message, "sqlite") != NULL ||
+      Ustrstr(addr->message, "ldap:") != NULL ||
+      Ustrstr(addr->message, "ldapdn:") != NULL ||
+      Ustrstr(addr->message, "ldapm:") != NULL
+    )
+  ) {
+    addr->message = string_sprintf("Temporary internal error");
+  }
+}
+
 deliver_set_expansions(NULL);
 disable_logging = FALSE;
 return yield;